Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 11, 2021

571 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $133.45/cwt +0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 524 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.35/cwt +0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $527/hd at 411 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $142.11/cwt +3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 419 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	571	496	343
Feeder cattle	463	399	292
Slaughter cattle	73	79	45
Replacement cattle	35	18	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, while bulls were 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, while heifers were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate to heavy. Cattle quality was mostly average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	170.00	$170.00	$289	—
225–240	233	3	150.00–170.00	$159.86	$372	-3.04
260–295	283	8	150.00–172.50	$167.42	$474	+11.28
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	-7.50
310–345	326	9	150.00–172.50	$159.70	$521	+2.15
350–360	355	2	144.00–145.00	$144.49	$513	-11.72
350–390	374	14	147.00–160.00	$151.39	$566	+10.17
410–415 fancy	413	2	157.50–158.00	$157.75	$652	—
400–440	419	10	140.00–155.00	$146.11	$612	+13.61
455–480	468	5	143.00–148.00	$144.98	$679	+16.14
505 fancy	505	1	148.00	$148.00	$747	—
500–545	524	11	133.00–143.00	$136.90	$717	-0.08
540	540	1	129.00	$129.00	$697	-7.98
545	545	1	125.00	$125.00	$681	-11.98
550–580	571	4	132.50–136.00	$134.65	$769	-2.46
585	585	1	128.00	$128.00	$749	-9.11
635	635	1	129.00	$129.00	$819	+8.00
710	710	1	123.00	$123.00	$873	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	140.00	$140.00	$238	—
235	235	1	135.00	$135.00	$317	-2.23
295	295	1	135.00	$135.00	$398	-4.26
300–320	309	4	120.00–130.00	$124.33	$384	-17.64
355–395	377	11	130.00–145.00	$138.36	$522	-4.92
430–445	438	2	122.50–135.00	$128.64	$563	-4.02
450	450	1	117.50	$117.50	$529	-14.40
505–535	522	3	127.00–130.00	$128.01	$668	+2.49
570	570	2	116.00–131.00	$123.50	$704	+1.93
610–625	618	2	115.00–123.00	$118.95	$735	-3.65
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	—
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	365	3	100.00–110.00	$104.20	$380	—
365–395 thin fleshed	385	4	85.00–95.00	$89.41	$344	—
435 thin fleshed	435	1	92.50	$92.50	$402	—
475 thin fleshed	475	1	95.00	$95.00	$451	—
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—
555–575	565	2	99.00–106.00	$102.44	$579	—
835	835	1	104.00	$104.00	$868	—
880	880	1	104.00	$104.00	$915	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	2	105.00–110.00	$107.58	$350	+2.58
360–370	365	4	100.00–107.50	$104.35	$381	+2.68
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	—
460	460	1	112.50	$112.50	$518	—
855	855	1	104.00	$104.00	$889	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–190	175	4	132.50–152.50	$139.68	$244	—
205–220	213	2	132.50–135.00	$133.79	$285	+0.54
255–285	269	5	130.00–142.50	$136.00	$366	+0.98
305–325	315	2	117.50–127.50	$122.34	$385	-11.14
310–345	326	7	132.50–140.00	$135.66	$442	+2.18
350–395	372	10	129.00–142.50	$135.91	$506	+7.91
400 fancy	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	—
400–445	411	22	124.00–132.50	$128.31	$527	+9.29
415	415	1	117.50	$117.50	$488	-1.52
450–490	467	5	124.00–131.00	$126.44	$590	-0.15
470	470	1	123.00	$123.00	$578	-3.59
475 fancy	475	1	146.00	$146.00	$694	—
492	492	2	120.00	$120.00	$590	-3.00
505–545	522	3	118.00–120.00	$119.35	$623	-3.50
565	565	1	113.00	$113.00	$638	-7.00
560–585	570	4	120.00–123.00	$121.51	$693	+1.51
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	+2.50
270–290	280	2	125.00–127.50	$126.29	$354	+0.16
305–345	330	5	117.50–128.00	$123.33	$407	-3.50
350–390	376	10	115.00–128.00	$123.13	$463	+2.98
400–435	416	7	115.00–123.00	$120.12	$500	-1.36
455	455	1	112.50	$112.50	$512	-5.80
455–495	477	12	113.00–123.00	$119.99	$572	+1.69
500–535	516	4	113.00–117.00	$114.96	$593	+1.39
550–585	567	8	111.00–117.50	$114.03	$647	+1.67
620–630	625	2	109.00–112.00	$110.51	$691	-0.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	105.00–112.50	$108.68	$416	—
415	415	1	107.50	$107.50	$446	+2.50
425 thin fleshed	425	1	90.00	$90.00	$382	—
490–495	493	3	105.00–112.50	$108.17	$533	+4.84
515–540	528	2	105.00–107.00	$105.98	$560	+2.64
580–585	583	2	103.00–110.00	$106.48	$621	+0.48
610–640	625	2	107.00–108.00	$107.49	$672	+8.49
655 thin fleshed	655	1	85.00	$85.00	$557	+2.00
655	655	1	100.00	$100.00	$655	+1.00
685	685	1	80.00	$80.00	$548	-19.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	105.00	$105.00	$383	—
375	375	1	92.50	$92.50	$347	—
385 thin fleshed	385	1	80.00	$80.00	$308	—
515	515	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$554	+0.51
535	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	-16.99
560	560	1	87.50	$87.50	$490	-20.50
585 thin fleshed	585	1	86.00	$86.00	$503	—
625–645	635	2	101.00–111.00	$105.92	$673	+1.41
710	710	1	90.00	$90.00	$639	—
775 thin fleshed	775	1	91.00	$91.00	$705	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	3	135.00–138.00	$136.83	$558	-4.90
400–445	421	13	140.00–150.00	$143.33	$603	+1.60
455	455	1	138.00	$138.00	$628	-1.00
455–495	477	15	139.00–148.00	$141.29	$674	+7.62
500–535	521	6	119.00–131.00	$126.53	$659	-7.90
500–545	524	18	132.50–143.00	$136.06	$713	+1.63
540	540	1	128.00	$128.00	$691	+0.61
565	565	1	129.00	$129.00	$729	+6.00
560–580	572	5	133.00–138.00	$134.79	$771	+0.80
605	605	1	128.00	$128.00	$774	+4.00
620	620	1	123.00	$123.00	$763	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	423	6	120.00–138.00	$129.71	$549	+0.97
450–490	472	11	122.50–136.00	$131.48	$621	+0.19
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	-11.29
525–545	531	4	120.00–131.00	$126.79	$673	-1.60
560–595	580	12	115.00–132.00	$123.47	$716	+0.77
610–645	625	7	112.00–123.00	$115.98	$725	+2.98
650–685	669	9	114.00–127.00	$118.59	$793	—
700–725	711	4	113.00–118.00	$114.74	$816	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	415	2	105.00–107.50	$106.23	$441	+11.23
450	450	1	95.00	$95.00	$428	-10.00
455	455	1	112.50	$112.50	$512	+7.50
525	525	1	112.50	$112.50	$591	—
610	610	2	108.00–111.00	$109.50	$668	+4.03
710 thin fleshed	710	1	95.00	$95.00	$674	—
735	735	1	95.00	$95.00	$698	+14.00
815	815	1	92.50	$92.50	$754	+7.50
865	865	1	85.00	$85.00	$735	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430 thin fleshed	430	1	90.00	$90.00	$387	—
520 thin fleshed	520	1	90.00	$90.00	$468	—
545	545	1	107.00	$107.00	$583	+5.00
655–665	660	2	99.00–103.00	$101.02	$667	-3.61
740 thin fleshed	740	1	81.00	$81.00	$599	—
770	770	1	104.00	$104.00	$801	—
775–792 thin fleshed	786	3	93.00–95.00	$94.34	$742	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1780	1071	80-85%	23	58.00–68.00	$63.21	$677	-0.52
840–1680	1128	80-85%	14	69.00–75.00	$72.14	$814	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–865	823	85-90%	4	31.00–35.00	$33.22	$273	-20.72
835	835	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$493	+5.06
760–1050	909	85-90%	7	46.00–56.00	$49.74	$452	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	75-80%	1	72.00	$72.00	$886	—
890–1420	1281	75-80%	7	58.00–67.00	$65.35	$837	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,377	—
1025–1705	1426	9	83.00–94.00	$90.14	$1,285	—
2000	2000	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,500	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–815 thin fleshed	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	355.00–676.00	$474.44
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	602.00	$602.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
945 thin fleshed	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00
880–1390	1171	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	630.00–990.00	$856.60
1295–1415	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	880.00–940.00	$911.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630 thin fleshed	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00
815–845	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	590.00–690.00	$639.10

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
902	902	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	920.00	$920.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,390.00	$1,390.00	—
895–1285	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,170.00–1,240.00	$1,198.74	—
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,420.00	$1,420.00	+330.00
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00	—
1445	1445	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,170.00	$1,170.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	980.00	$980.00	+300.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	52.00	$52.00	$242	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	100.00	$100.00	$475	+11.00
655	655	1	97.00	$97.00	$635	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	70.00	$70.00	$466	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.